The fonds consists of minutes of executive and annual general meetings of the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, financial records, correspondence, and project files pertaining to activities of the Council and its member groups.

The Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge was established in 1952 to coordinate and support the development of the arts in Lethbridge. The Council operates the Bowman Arts Centre.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of minutes of executive and annual general meetings of the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, financial records, correspondence, and project files pertaining to activities of the Council and its member groups.

Arthur Henry Harwood was born in Oxfordshire, England on May 11, 1876. Little is known about his early life except for the fact that at age 13 he apprenticed as a cook and was employed by the Prince of Wales at Sandringham House. He also operated a catering business in Watford, England.
In 1905, at the age of 29, he and his wife and their son, Stephen, immigrated to Calgary, Alberta, after a visitor from that city offered to pay the fare for the family. In exchange, Harwood was to take charge of her Calgary restaurant.
Two years later, the family moved to Pincher Creek where Harwood opened the New Waldorf Hotel for Fred Kanouse, a man who was the partner to John George “Kootenai” Brown.
Harwood opened his own business in Pincher Creek in 1909 which was known as “The Hygenic Bakery and Restaurant”. In 1910 he applied for a homestead in the Twin Butte area between Pincher Creek and Waterton. For several summers he worked in Waterton Lakes National Park, returning each winter to his homestead. In 1908 and 1909, Harwood assisted a Mr. O’Hara, a dominion land surveyor, in laying out the initial lots for what would, in 1910, become the official townsite of Waterton Park.
Harwood soon became friends with John George “Kootenai” Brown, one of the first white settlers in the area. Brown was appointed Forest Ranger-in-Charge (often incorrectly referred to as the park’s first superintendent) in 1911 and was the man in charge of the park. So much did Harwood admire Brown that 20 years after his 1916 death, he personally built a stone cairn to Brown’s memory to recognize his place in history.
The fall of 1913, Harwood worked in the park as a cook for the government crew building the first traffic bridge over Blakiston Creek (then called Pass Creek).He also had the contract to haul mail from Pincher Creek to Waterton. He hauled the mail until 1930.
Harwood and his friend William Terrill of Twin Butte started a guiding and outfitting business providing extended backcountry hunting/guiding trips, often taking customers into British Columbia. Harwood was an avid fisherman and game bird hunter as well.
About 1915, Harwood built a log house in Waterton which was located across from Middle Waterton bay and in July, 1919 he was officially appointed Waterton’s post master using his own residence as the post office. He moved to a new location on Fountain Avenue circa 1927 which was used as his personal residence and post office. He continued to serve as post master until 1949 or 1950 when he retired and moved to Victoria, British Columbia.
During his years in Waterton he also served as a justice of the peace and later magistrate for both the provincial and federal governments. He was described as being a tireless community worker who was a charter member and second president of the Waterton Park Lions Club. He also helped raise money for the establishment of the Waterton Lions Community Hall.
Mr. Harwood’s first wife died circa 1922 and he married Mrs. Minnie Kate Parker. Stephen Harwood spent his entire working life in Waterton first as park chauffeur and then mechanic, no mean feat given the fact that at age 16 he lost his left arm in a firearms accident. Stephen learned the art of photography/developing from his father, delving into advanced techniques such as taking photos with a self-timer.
Stephen married Marjorie Cathcart and together they raised son Marvin in a home they built on Evergreen Avenue in Waterton.
Arthur H. Harwood died in 1971 at the age of 94 in Victoria, British Columbia. His wife Minnie died at the age of 94 in 1977 in the same city. Their cremains and those of his son and daughter in law were buried in the Waterton Lakes National Park cemetery.

Scope and Content

Harwood Collection Negatives
2015.1083/001 File
2015.1083/001 to 008
2015.1083/009 to 016
2015.1083/017 to 023
2015.1083/024 to 033
2015.1083/034 to 037
2015.1083/038 to 040
2015.1083/041 to 043
2015.1083/044 to 046
2015.1083/047 to 051
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2015.1083/067 to 069
2015.1083/070 to 072
2015.1083/073 to 075
2015.1083/076 to 078
2015.1083/079 to 082
2015.1083/002 digitized File
2015.1083/001 Black photo matts [12] in envelope
2015.1083/002 to 004
2015.1083/005 to 006
2015.1083/007 to 012
2015.1083/013 to 017
2015.1083/018 to 022
2015.1083/023 to 025
2015.1083/026 to 028
2015.1083/029 to 031
2015.1083/032 to 034
2015.1083/035 to 037
2015.1083/038 to 042
2015.1083/043 to 050
2015.1083/051 to 055
2015.1083/003 File negatives digitized
2015.1083/001 to 003
2015.1083/004 to 006
2015.1083/007 to 009
2015.1083/010 to 012
2015.1083/013 to 020
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2015.1083/025 to 027
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2015.1083/034 to 036
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2015.1083/046 to 047
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2015.1083/060 to 062
2015.1083/063 to 065
2015.1083/066 to 068
2015.1083/069 photocopies of images 10 double-sided pages
2015.1083/070 photocopies of images 5 double-sided pages
2015.1083/004 File Photographs digitized
Photocopy of envelope
2015.1083/001 to 003 Stephen Harwood and others on a tractor 1920; Harwood family in color;
Waterton Dance Hall
2015.1083/004 to 005 Wedding party in front of building; 4 copies of wedding party in the open.
2015.1083/006 Unidentified people standing on beached paddle wheeler in Waterton Lakes 2 copies
and negative
2015.1083/007 Pop Harwood who bake the cake for Stephen and Marjorie’s wedding 1932
2015.1083/008 Pop and Minnie portrait. They are buried in Waterton
2015.1083/009 to 013 Homestead by Waterton; Stanley Hotel about 1935; Marvin & Mrs. Anderson;
unidentified woman with skull?; Stephen Harwood’s revolver
2015.1083/014 to 018 Snow in Waterton;, Pop Harwood and children; Ann & Betty Anderson; Crandel
Lodge surrounded by snow; A deer in the snow 1955
2015.1083/019 to 022 Snow scenes in Waterton 1955
2015.1083/023 to 028 Two men cleaning their guns; View of Waterton Lakes 2 copies; a toddler on a
bike; Marjorie Harwood; Stephen and Marjorie Harwood 1943; dwelling on Spread Eagle Rood
2015.1083/029 to 032 Hauling hay in WLNP Stephen Harwood; Wedding of Stephen and Marjorie
Harwood 2 views 1932; Turkey killing at Waterton.
2015.1083/033 to 040 Cabin in the woods; Four people pose on the rockes; Hunter with a mountain
goat; hunter’s dog, gun and birds; Stephen Harwood holding gun and sitting on running board of
car; Cabin, canoe and men; copy of paddle wheeler grounded on shore; hunters campsite.
2015.1083/041 to 046 Stephen Harwood drives a Park owned truck; The head of Waterton lake 1910
before buildings; Parade Float; Frank Flett takes a picture; Camping in nature; Park truck at
Cameron Falls Stephen and Margorie Harwood
2015.1083/047 to 052 Unidentified man driving a horse-drawn wagon loaded with supplies; Stephen
Harwood with snowshoes and dog; Building the entrance to the park road above Linnett; snow
scene at Waterton; original bathhouse at Lake Linnet Stephen Harwood on the left, the other is
unidentified; the sawmill at Linnet.
2015.1083/005 File Duplicate prints
2015.1083/001-006 Stephen Harwood with Pike; Trail ride ready; Trail ride up the mountain trail; The
catch of the day; Marjorie Harwood hunting 1934; Heading down the trail.
2015.1083/007 to 009 Cabins in the mountains; Break for lunch Stephen Harwood 3rd from left; small
imaged of log cabin 2 copies
2015.1083/010 to 012 Mountain scene 2 copies; cowboy in chaps
2015.1083/013 to016 Hunter with mountain sheep; skunk by trapped animal; Harwood Family Ranch Spread Eagle Road Island Lake; Mountain Goats travel a snowy trail.
2015.1083/017 to 019 Unidentified man standing in doorway holding a wrench; Mountain cabin and
horses in winter 2 copies; Three men and their catch
2015.1083/020 to 021 Christmas Tree; Cabin by the lake
2015.1083/022 to 023 Hunter with deer, His rifle in supported by the antlers; Cabin by lake.
2015.1083/024 to 025 Men in snowy camp; Red Harrison on his horse
2015.1083/026 to 028 Mountain scene tent in foreground; Three-man team cutting logs; Two men
fishing in a mountain stream
2015.1083/029 to 031 View of the Wterton Hotel. Cars parked in front 5 copies; Family and goods in
travelling car with two RCMP Officers 3 copies; cutting logs with a machine 3 copies
2015.1083/032 to 035 cutting logs four-men team; Mountain head of Mountain Goat 2 copies; two men
cleaning guns; Men building a log cabin 3 copies
2015.1083/036 to 037 Hunter and his deer 2 copies; portrait of an unidentified woman 3 copies
2015.1083/038 to 045 small duplicates of cowboys, cowgirls and homes
2015.1083/046 to 047 The Alleses? [name] on the lake; Two unidentified people heart shaped portraits.
2015.1083/048 Image of a mountain 2 copies
2015.1083/049 Portrait of John George Kootenay Brown 2 copies
2015.1083/050 An unidentified family pose with the car beside a lake
2015.1083/051 Side view of cowboy wearing chaps and a revolver on his hip
2015.1083/052 Same cowboy on his horse
2015.1083/053 Same cowboy poses in the trees
2015.1083/054 A winter’s campsite
2015.1083/055 Five men outside their cabin. One is holding a dog
2015.1083/056 Portrait of an unidentified man in suit and tie
2015.1083/006 Photocopies of images in suede cover album # 001-040
2015.1083/007 Album black small #041- 154
2015.1083/008 Large black #155- 241
2015.1083/009 Black with ship on cover # 509- 639 some duplicate images as noted. Selected images
described
2015.1083/010 Interview and biography of Pops Harwood with jump drive. Other background documents
printed off. All photo Albums are placed in Album shelf in appropriate section